The Year of Our Lord 2008

Bishop Events

July to August

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Jul 65.7 Appointed Paulo Antônio de Conto Bishop of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

61.4 Appointed Romualdo Matias Kujawski Coadjutor Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

51.8 Installed José Rojas Rojas Jr. Prelate of Libmanan, Philippines Bishop of Libmanan, Philippines

3 Jul 49.0 Ordained Bishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza Titular Archbishop of Suacia Apostolic Nuncio to Spain

75.5 Retired Arduino Bertoldo † Bishop of Foligno, Italy Bishop Emeritus

75.7 Retired Bertrand Blanchet Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

75.2 Retired Gilles Cazabon, O.M.I. Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

73.8 Resigned Jacques Maurice Faivre † Bishop of Le Mans, France Bishop Emeritus

65.0 Appointed Pierre-André Fournier † Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada

63.6 Appointed Joseph Paul Pierre Morissette Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

46.9 Appointed Mauro Parmeggiani Bishop of Tivoli, Italy

47.3 Appointed Gualtiero Sigismondi Bishop of Foligno, Italy Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy

58.2 Appointed Ambrogio Spreafico Coadjutor Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy Bishop

71.4 Ordained Bishop Piergiuseppe Vacchelli Titular Archbishop of Minturnae Official Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

4 Jul 57.5 Ordained Bishop Hugo Nicolás Barbaro Bishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina

45.7 Ordained Bishop Charles Michael Hammawa Bishop of Jalingo, Nigeria

5 Jul 50.0 Ordained Bishop Benedito Gonçalves dos Santos Bishop of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil

51.8 Ordained Bishop Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D. Bishop of Zrenjanin, Serbia Cardinal, Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia

6 Jul 82.3 Died Rafael Bello Ruiz † Archbishop Emeritus of Acapulco, Guerrero, México

33.2 Ordained Priest Rui Augusto Jardim Gouveia Priest of Setúbal, Portugal Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

59.7 Ordained Bishop Gerardo Melgar Viciosa Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain

48.2 Ordained Bishop Roger Victor Rakotondrajao † Coadjutor Bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar Bishop

49.4 Ordained Bishop Thierry Marie Scherrer Bishop of Laval, France Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France

7 Jul 62.3 Appointed Herbert Armstrong Bevard Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA Bishop Emeritus

64.4 Appointed William Francis Malooly Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA Bishop Emeritus

76.4 Retired Michael Angelo Saltarelli † Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA Bishop Emeritus

9 Jul 70.0 Appointed Angelo Amato, S.D.B. Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

62.2 Ordained Bishop Antonisamy Francis Bishop of Kumbakonam, India Bishop Emeritus

79.8 Died José Carlos de Lima Vaz, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

58.4 Ceased Timothy Michael Dolan Apostolic Administrator of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

64.2 Appointed Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J. Titular Archbishop of Thibica Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

64.2 Appointed Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J. Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

55.6 Appointed David Laurin Ricken Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

76.5 Retired José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

12 Jul 46.1 Ordained Bishop Felix Femi Ajakaye Coadjutor Bishop of Ekiti, Nigeria Bishop

52.6 Appointed Miguel Maury Buendía Apostolic Nuncio to Kyrgyzstan Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain

52.6 Appointed Miguel Maury Buendía Apostolic Nuncio to Tadjikistan Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain

38.3 Ordained Priest Severin Nziengui Mangandza, C.S.Sp. Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Vicar Apostolic of Makokou, Gabon

13 Jul 45.7 Appointed Pierre-André Dumas Bishop of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne, Haïti

77.3 Died Joseph Jiang Ming Yuan, C.D.D. † Bishop of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China

14 Jul 62.4 Appointed John Marvin LeVoir Bishop of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus

15 Jul 71.1 Appointed Manuel Antonio Valarezo Luzuriaga, O.F.M. Vicar Apostolic of Galápagos, Ecuador Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

16 Jul 44.5 Appointed Sergio Osvaldo Buenanueva Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina Bishop of San Francisco, Argentina

44.5 Appointed Sergio Osvaldo Buenanueva Titular Bishop of Rusubbicari Bishop of San Francisco, Argentina

53.5 Appointed Brian Joseph Dunn Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

53.5 Appointed Brian Joseph Dunn Titular Bishop of Munatiana Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

62.0 Appointed Francesc Pardo Artigas † Bishop of Girona, Spain

68.8 Appointed Juan Piris Frígola Bishop of Lleida, Spain Bishop Emeritus

58.5 Ordained Bishop Johannes Maria Trilaksyanta Pujasumarta † Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia Archbishop of Semarang, Indonesia

60.6 Appointed Noël Simard Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada

60.6 Appointed Noël Simard Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna Bishop Emeritus of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada

75.8 Retired Carles Soler Perdigó † Bishop of Girona, Spain Bishop Emeritus

17 Jul 56.9 Ordained Bishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader Archbishop of Alger, Algeria Apostolic Nuncio

50.9 Appointed Ignatius Chama Bishop of Mpika, Zambia Archbishop of Kasama, Zambia

63.4 Resigned Serafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola Bishop Emeritus

18 Jul 81.2 Died Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. † Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru

19 Jul 32.0 Ordained Priest Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda Priest of Mzuzu, Malawi Auxiliary Bishop

20 Jul 48.0 Ordained Bishop Taras Senkiv, O.M. Titular Bishop of Siccenna Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine

21 Jul 77.0 Retired Juan de Dios Caballero Reyes Auxiliary Bishop of Durango, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

47.6 Appointed Enrique Sánchez Martínez Auxiliary Bishop of Durango, México Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México

47.6 Appointed Enrique Sánchez Martínez Titular Bishop of Thamugadi Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México

22 Jul 75.1 Retired Abelardo Alvarado Alcántara † Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

23 Jul 50.6 Appointed Antônio Emídio Vilar, S.D.B. Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

82.5 Died Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, M.C.C.I. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador

77.1 Retired José Vieira de Lima, T.O.R. Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

25 Jul 32.4 Ordained Priest Paul Thabet Habib Yousif Al Mekko Priest of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq Bishop of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq

26 Jul 57.6 Installed Hugo Nicolás Barbaro Bishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina

75.0 Retired John Bulaitis † Apostolic Nuncio to Albania Apostolic Nuncio

33.8 Ordained Priest Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A. Priest of Order of St. Augustine Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru

64.2 Ordained Bishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J. Titular Archbishop of Thibica Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

47.0 Ordained Bishop Jacques Danka Longa Coadjutor Bishop of Kara, Togo Bishop

60.8 Appointed Antonio Mennini Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan Official of the Secretariat of State

67.3 Appointed Ramiro Moliner Inglés † Apostolic Nuncio to Albania Apostolic Nuncio

32.7 Ordained Priest Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet, C.S.Sp. Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop of Dolisie, Congo

58.3 Ordained Bishop Ambrogio Spreafico Coadjutor Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy Bishop

27 Jul 65.6 Ordained Bishop Irineu Gassen, O.F.M. Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

52.7 Ordained Bishop Ambrose Madtha † Titular Archbishop of Naissus Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire

28 Jul 58.3 Installed Ambrogio Spreafico Coadjutor Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy Bishop

30 Jul 62.6 Appointed Luiz Antônio Guedes Bishop of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

75.6 Retired Emílio Pignoli Bishop of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

31 Jul 59.9 Installed Domingo Díaz Martínez Archbishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México Archbishop Emeritus

66.0 Appointed Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. † Coadjutor Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop

Aug 41.2 Resigned Tarcisio Pusma Ibáñez Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Trujillo, Peru Priest of Chulucanas, Peru

41.2 Resigned Tarcisio Pusma Ibáñez Titular Bishop-Elect of Carpi Priest of Chulucanas, Peru

2 Aug 51.6 Appointed Jude Thaddeus Okolo Titular Archbishop of Novica Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic

51.6 Appointed Jude Thaddeus Okolo Apostolic Nuncio to Central African Republic Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic

51.6 Appointed Jude Thaddeus Okolo Apostolic Nuncio to Chad Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic

55.4 Ordained Bishop Antônio Carlos Rossi Keller Bishop of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

4 Aug 49.0 Ordained Bishop Gerardo Alimane Alminaza Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Byzacena Bishop of San Carlos, Philippines

61.0 Appointed Cosme Hoàng Văn Ðạt, S.J. Bishop of Bắc Ninh, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

5 Aug 49.0 Installed Gerardo Alimane Alminaza Auxiliary Bishop of Jaro, Philippines Bishop of San Carlos, Philippines

90.2 Died Manuel d’Almeida Trindade † Bishop Emeritus of Aveiro, Portugal

78.0 Died Joseph Das † Bishop Emeritus of Berhampur, India

80.3 Died Guillermo Ranzahuer González † Bishop Emeritus of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México

6 Aug 78.5 Died Affonso Felippe Gregory † Bishop Emeritus of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil

52.3 Ordained Bishop Luis Mariano Montemayor Titular Archbishop of Illici Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

62.7 Ordained Bishop Albert Privet Thévenot, M. Afr. Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada Bishop Emeritus

60.4 Ordained Bishop Neil Edward Tiedemann, C.P. Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

8 Aug 57.6 Ordained Bishop Adolfo Eduardo José Bittschi Mayer Titular Bishop of Nigizubi Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre, Bolivia

9 Aug 87.4 Died Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Jammu-Srinagar, India

45.2 Installed Anthony Muheria Bishop of Kitui, Kenya Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya

10 Aug 53.2 Ordained Bishop Jorge Alves Bezerra, S.S.S. Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Bishop of Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil

12 Aug 85.2 Died Franco Sibilla † Bishop Emeritus of Asti, Italy

14 Aug 43.8 Appointed Raphaël Balla Guilavogui Bishop of N’Zérékoré, Guinea

93.4 Died Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers † Archbishop Emeritus of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France

52.6 Appointed Almachius Vincent Rweyongeza Bishop of Kayanga, Tanzania

15 Aug 45.6 Ordained Bishop Philip Eduard Roger Dickmans Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil

61.5 Ordained Bishop Romualdo Matias Kujawski Coadjutor Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

16 Aug 84.1 Died Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath † Archbishop Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)

68.2 Died Wilhelm Emil Egger, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy

84.7 Died Wolodymyr Walter Paska † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

40.0 Ordained Priest Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan

17 Aug 44.8 Ordained Bishop Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena Bishop of Guarabira, Paraiba, Brazil Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil

50.1 Installed Benedito Gonçalves dos Santos Bishop of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil

18 Aug 84.6 Died James Chiona † Archbishop Emeritus of Blantyre, Malawi

49.6 Ordained Bishop Santiago Olivera Bishop of Cruz del Eje, Argentina Bishop of Argentina, Military

19 Aug 63.6 Ordained Bishop Joseph Benedict (Simplicius de Lepanto) Amangi Nacua, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Ilagan, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

22 Aug 73.7 Resigned Georg Weinhold † Auxiliary Bishop of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

23 Aug 80.5 Died Peter Quinn † Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia

52.1 Ordained Bishop Paul Ssemogerere Bishop of Kasana-Luweero, Uganda Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda

24 Aug 65.7 Installed Irineu Gassen, O.F.M. Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

78.8 Died Paul Schruers † Bishop Emeritus of Hasselt, Belgium

26 Aug 85.5 Died Michael Kuchmiak, C.Ss.R. † Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain (Ukrainian)

28 Aug 55.8 Installed David Laurin Ricken Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

30 Aug 56.6 Ordained Bishop Thomas Graham Rose Bishop of Dundee, South Africa

31 Aug 44.8 Installed Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena Bishop of Guarabira, Paraiba, Brazil Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Jul	65.7	Appointed	Paulo Antônio de Conto	Bishop of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
61.4	Appointed	Romualdo Matias Kujawski	Coadjutor Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
51.8	Installed	José Rojas Rojas Jr.	Prelate of Libmanan, Philippines	Bishop of Libmanan, Philippines
3 Jul	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Bernardito Cleopas Auza	Titular Archbishop of Suacia	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
75.5	Retired	Arduino Bertoldo †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
75.7	Retired	Bertrand Blanchet	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
75.2	Retired	Gilles Cazabon, O.M.I.	Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
73.8	Resigned	Jacques Maurice Faivre †	Bishop of Le Mans, France	Bishop Emeritus
65.0	Appointed	Pierre-André Fournier †	Archbishop of Rimouski, Québec, Canada
63.6	Appointed	Joseph Paul Pierre Morissette	Bishop of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
46.9	Appointed	Mauro Parmeggiani	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
47.3	Appointed	Gualtiero Sigismondi	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
58.2	Appointed	Ambrogio Spreafico	Coadjutor Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy	Bishop
71.4	Ordained Bishop	Piergiuseppe Vacchelli	Titular Archbishop of Minturnae	Official Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
4 Jul	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Hugo Nicolás Barbaro	Bishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina
45.7	Ordained Bishop	Charles Michael Hammawa	Bishop of Jalingo, Nigeria
5 Jul	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Benedito Gonçalves dos Santos	Bishop of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil
51.8	Ordained Bishop	Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D.	Bishop of Zrenjanin, Serbia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
6 Jul	82.3	Died	Rafael Bello Ruiz †	Archbishop Emeritus of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
33.2	Ordained Priest	Rui Augusto Jardim Gouveia	Priest of Setúbal, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
59.7	Ordained Bishop	Gerardo Melgar Viciosa	Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain	Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain
48.2	Ordained Bishop	Roger Victor Rakotondrajao †	Coadjutor Bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar	Bishop
49.4	Ordained Bishop	Thierry Marie Scherrer	Bishop of Laval, France	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
7 Jul	62.3	Appointed	Herbert Armstrong Bevard	Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA	Bishop Emeritus
64.4	Appointed	William Francis Malooly	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA	Bishop Emeritus
76.4	Retired	Michael Angelo Saltarelli †	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA	Bishop Emeritus
9 Jul	70.0	Appointed	Angelo Amato, S.D.B.	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
62.2	Ordained Bishop	Antonisamy Francis	Bishop of Kumbakonam, India	Bishop Emeritus
79.8	Died	José Carlos de Lima Vaz, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
58.4	Ceased	Timothy Michael Dolan	Apostolic Administrator of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
64.2	Appointed	Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J.	Titular Archbishop of Thibica	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
64.2	Appointed	Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J.	Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
55.6	Appointed	David Laurin Ricken	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
76.5	Retired	José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
12 Jul	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Felix Femi Ajakaye	Coadjutor Bishop of Ekiti, Nigeria	Bishop
52.6	Appointed	Miguel Maury Buendía	Apostolic Nuncio to Kyrgyzstan	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain
52.6	Appointed	Miguel Maury Buendía	Apostolic Nuncio to Tadjikistan	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain
38.3	Ordained Priest	Severin Nziengui Mangandza, C.S.Sp.	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Vicar Apostolic of Makokou, Gabon
13 Jul	45.7	Appointed	Pierre-André Dumas	Bishop of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne, Haïti
77.3	Died	Joseph Jiang Ming Yuan, C.D.D. †	Bishop of Zhaoxian [Chaohsien], China
14 Jul	62.4	Appointed	John Marvin LeVoir	Bishop of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
15 Jul	71.1	Appointed	Manuel Antonio Valarezo Luzuriaga, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Galápagos, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
16 Jul	44.5	Appointed	Sergio Osvaldo Buenanueva	Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza, Argentina	Bishop of San Francisco, Argentina
44.5	Appointed	Sergio Osvaldo Buenanueva	Titular Bishop of Rusubbicari	Bishop of San Francisco, Argentina
53.5	Appointed	Brian Joseph Dunn	Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
53.5	Appointed	Brian Joseph Dunn	Titular Bishop of Munatiana	Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
62.0	Appointed	Francesc Pardo Artigas †	Bishop of Girona, Spain
68.8	Appointed	Juan Piris Frígola	Bishop of Lleida, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
58.5	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Maria Trilaksyanta Pujasumarta †	Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia	Archbishop of Semarang, Indonesia
60.6	Appointed	Noël Simard	Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada
60.6	Appointed	Noël Simard	Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna	Bishop Emeritus of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada
75.8	Retired	Carles Soler Perdigó †	Bishop of Girona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jul	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader	Archbishop of Alger, Algeria	Apostolic Nuncio
50.9	Appointed	Ignatius Chama	Bishop of Mpika, Zambia	Archbishop of Kasama, Zambia
63.4	Resigned	Serafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Mbanza Congo, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
18 Jul	81.2	Died	Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. †	Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru
19 Jul	32.0	Ordained Priest	Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda	Priest of Mzuzu, Malawi	Auxiliary Bishop
20 Jul	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Taras Senkiv, O.M.	Titular Bishop of Siccenna	Bishop of Stryj (Ukrainian), Ukraine
21 Jul	77.0	Retired	Juan de Dios Caballero Reyes	Auxiliary Bishop of Durango, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
47.6	Appointed	Enrique Sánchez Martínez	Auxiliary Bishop of Durango, México	Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México
47.6	Appointed	Enrique Sánchez Martínez	Titular Bishop of Thamugadi	Bishop of Mexicali, Baja California Norte, México
22 Jul	75.1	Retired	Abelardo Alvarado Alcántara †	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
23 Jul	50.6	Appointed	Antônio Emídio Vilar, S.D.B.	Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
82.5	Died	Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, M.C.C.I. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
77.1	Retired	José Vieira de Lima, T.O.R.	Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jul	32.4	Ordained Priest	Paul Thabet Habib Yousif Al Mekko	Priest of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop of Alquoch (Chaldean), Iraq
26 Jul	57.6	Installed	Hugo Nicolás Barbaro	Bishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina
75.0	Retired	John Bulaitis †	Apostolic Nuncio to Albania	Apostolic Nuncio
33.8	Ordained Priest	Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A.	Priest of Order of St. Augustine	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru
64.2	Ordained Bishop	Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J.	Titular Archbishop of Thibica	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
47.0	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Danka Longa	Coadjutor Bishop of Kara, Togo	Bishop
60.8	Appointed	Antonio Mennini	Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan	Official of the Secretariat of State
67.3	Appointed	Ramiro Moliner Inglés †	Apostolic Nuncio to Albania	Apostolic Nuncio
32.7	Ordained Priest	Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet, C.S.Sp.	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Dolisie, Congo
58.3	Ordained Bishop	Ambrogio Spreafico	Coadjutor Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy	Bishop
27 Jul	65.6	Ordained Bishop	Irineu Gassen, O.F.M.	Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
52.7	Ordained Bishop	Ambrose Madtha †	Titular Archbishop of Naissus	Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire
28 Jul	58.3	Installed	Ambrogio Spreafico	Coadjutor Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy	Bishop
30 Jul	62.6	Appointed	Luiz Antônio Guedes	Bishop of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
75.6	Retired	Emílio Pignoli	Bishop of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
31 Jul	59.9	Installed	Domingo Díaz Martínez	Archbishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México	Archbishop Emeritus
66.0	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop
Aug	41.2	Resigned	Tarcisio Pusma Ibáñez	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Trujillo, Peru	Priest of Chulucanas, Peru
41.2	Resigned	Tarcisio Pusma Ibáñez	Titular Bishop-Elect of Carpi	Priest of Chulucanas, Peru
2 Aug	51.6	Appointed	Jude Thaddeus Okolo	Titular Archbishop of Novica	Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic
51.6	Appointed	Jude Thaddeus Okolo	Apostolic Nuncio to Central African Republic	Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic
51.6	Appointed	Jude Thaddeus Okolo	Apostolic Nuncio to Chad	Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Carlos Rossi Keller	Bishop of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
4 Aug	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Gerardo Alimane Alminaza	Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Byzacena	Bishop of San Carlos, Philippines
61.0	Appointed	Cosme Hoàng Văn Ðạt, S.J.	Bishop of Bắc Ninh, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
5 Aug	49.0	Installed	Gerardo Alimane Alminaza	Auxiliary Bishop of Jaro, Philippines	Bishop of San Carlos, Philippines
90.2	Died	Manuel d’Almeida Trindade †	Bishop Emeritus of Aveiro, Portugal
78.0	Died	Joseph Das †	Bishop Emeritus of Berhampur, India
80.3	Died	Guillermo Ranzahuer González †	Bishop Emeritus of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México
6 Aug	78.5	Died	Affonso Felippe Gregory †	Bishop Emeritus of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil
52.3	Ordained Bishop	Luis Mariano Montemayor	Titular Archbishop of Illici	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
62.7	Ordained Bishop	Albert Privet Thévenot, M. Afr.	Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
60.4	Ordained Bishop	Neil Edward Tiedemann, C.P.	Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
8 Aug	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Adolfo Eduardo José Bittschi Mayer	Titular Bishop of Nigizubi	Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre, Bolivia
9 Aug	87.4	Died	Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Jammu-Srinagar, India
45.2	Installed	Anthony Muheria	Bishop of Kitui, Kenya	Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya
10 Aug	53.2	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Alves Bezerra, S.S.S.	Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil
12 Aug	85.2	Died	Franco Sibilla †	Bishop Emeritus of Asti, Italy
14 Aug	43.8	Appointed	Raphaël Balla Guilavogui	Bishop of N’Zérékoré, Guinea
93.4	Died	Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
52.6	Appointed	Almachius Vincent Rweyongeza	Bishop of Kayanga, Tanzania
15 Aug	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Philip Eduard Roger Dickmans	Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil
61.5	Ordained Bishop	Romualdo Matias Kujawski	Coadjutor Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
16 Aug	84.1	Died	Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath †	Archbishop Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
68.2	Died	Wilhelm Emil Egger, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
84.7	Died	Wolodymyr Walter Paska †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
40.0	Ordained Priest	Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
17 Aug	44.8	Ordained Bishop	Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena	Bishop of Guarabira, Paraiba, Brazil	Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil
50.1	Installed	Benedito Gonçalves dos Santos	Bishop of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil
18 Aug	84.6	Died	James Chiona †	Archbishop Emeritus of Blantyre, Malawi
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Santiago Olivera	Bishop of Cruz del Eje, Argentina	Bishop of Argentina, Military
19 Aug	63.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Benedict (Simplicius de Lepanto) Amangi Nacua, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Ilagan, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
22 Aug	73.7	Resigned	Georg Weinhold †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
23 Aug	80.5	Died	Peter Quinn †	Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury, Australia
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Paul Ssemogerere	Bishop of Kasana-Luweero, Uganda	Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda
24 Aug	65.7	Installed	Irineu Gassen, O.F.M.	Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
78.8	Died	Paul Schruers †	Bishop Emeritus of Hasselt, Belgium
26 Aug	85.5	Died	Michael Kuchmiak, C.Ss.R. †	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Great Britain (Ukrainian)
28 Aug	55.8	Installed	David Laurin Ricken	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
30 Aug	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Graham Rose	Bishop of Dundee, South Africa
31 Aug	44.8	Installed	Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena	Bishop of Guarabira, Paraiba, Brazil	Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil

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